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Christine’s BIG Crossword 398 – Gremlin

Nautical Terms FindaWord, page 41

The ‘SOS’ appears twice in the puzzle grid.

Thanks to D Branford from SA for reporting this gremlin.

 

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Acrostic Puzzles 57
Sol: Erskine Lawrence Ebbin
M Martin, Forster NSW.

Breville Baker’s Dozen bread maker
Acrostic Puzzles 57
Sol: Erskine Lawrence Ebbin
H Drury, Lancefield VIC.
Code Crackers 145
Sol: Murder on the Orient Express
C Keir, Peel NSW.
FindaWord 168
Sol: Africa, Avalon, Chicago, Galveston, Khe Sanh, Kokomo, Montego Bay, Waterloo
J Morris, Ferny Hills QLD; V Sargeant, Simpson VIC.

Colossus Crosswords 219 – Gremlin

Cryptic Cross 1, page 52

The first clue should have been numbered 1 across not 8 across.

Thank you to A Argent from QLD for reporting this gremlin.

Ring The Changes

It’s an immutable fact, whether we like it or not, that we change as we grow older, whether for better or worse. We might become less flexible but wiser, our cooking might improve but our memory doesn’t. Our crossword-solving skills advance, of course – but sadly it gets harder to read the clues.

So it [more…]